page_title: List of climbers and mountaineers
section_title: C
hierarchical_section_title: List of climbers and mountaineers / C
caption_attribution_description: Landvermesser de:Johann Wilhelm Coaz, Erstbesteiger des Piz Bernina (1850)
context_page_description: This list of climbers and mountaineers is a list of people notable for the activities of mountaineering, rock climbing and ice climbing.
context_section_description: Tommy Caldwell (born 1978) US, rock climber, free climbed the Dawn Wall on El Capitan
  Una Cameron (1904–1987) UK, ascents in Alps, Caucasus and Africa
  Louis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755–1827) France, scientist and Pyrenean pioneer
  Kim Carrigan (born 1958) Australia, leading technical rock climber of the 1980s
  Carlos Carsolio (born 1962) Mexico, 14 8,000m summits (1985–1996)
  Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009) Italy, first ascent Piz Badile north-east face (1937); Grandes Jorasses Walker Spur (1938); Mount McKinley Cassin Ridge (1961)
  Cristina Castagna (1977–2009) Italy, first Italian female ascent Makalu
  Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz (1942–1978) Britain, first ascent Gasherbrum III
  Ludwik Chałubiński (1860–1933) Poland, first ascent Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Wielki
  Armand Charlet (1900–1975) France, many first ascents in Mont Blanc massif
  Isabella Charlet-Straton (1838–1918) UK, first ascents in Alps, first winter ascent Mont Blanc (1876)
  Maxime Chaya (born 1961) Lebanon, Everest (2006), Seven Summits and Three Poles Challenge
  Chhurim (born 1984) Nepal, first woman to reach Everest summit twice in a week
  Renata Chlumska (born 1973) Sweden, first Swedish female ascent Everest (1999)
  Yvon Chouinard (born 1938) US, pioneer of Yosemite climbing, founder of Chouinard Equipment and Patagonia
  Leszek Cichy (born 1951) Poland, first winter ascent Everest
  John Clarke (1945–2003) Canada, explorer and wilderness educator, over 600 first ascents in Coast Range of British Columbia
  Vern Clevenger (born 1955) US, first ascent Cholatse (1982), numerous first routes ascents in Sierra Nevada
  Ian Clough (1939–1970) UK, first ascent Am Buachaille (1968), first UK ascent Eiger north face (1962), died on Annapurna
  Norman Clyde (1886–1972) US, pioneer of California's Sierra Nevada
  Johann Coaz (1822–1918) Switzerland, first ascent of Piz Bernina
  J. Norman Collie (1859–1942) UK, first ascent Ben Nevis Tower Ridge, Nanga Parbat expedition (1895)
  Emilio Comici (1901–1940) Italy, first ascent Cima Grande di Lavaredo north face (1933) with Angelo and Giuseppe Dimai, died in accident in Val Gardena
  Achille Compagnoni (born 1914) Italy, first ascent K2 (1954) with Lino Lacedelli
  Kyra Condie (born 1996) US, member of the 2020 US Olympic climbing team
  Herb and Jan Conn (Herb: 1921–2012) US, early pioneers of climbing in areas like Carderock in Maryland, Seneca Rocks in West Virginia, and Black Hills of South Dakota
  William Martin Conway (1856–1937) UK, surveyor and explorer (Karakoram, Spitsbergen, Andes & Alps)
  Kenton Cool (born 1973) UK, ten-time Everest summiter
  W. A. B. Coolidge (1850–1926) US, 1,700 expeditions in Alps, Alpine historian
  Janne Corax (born 1967) Sweden, adventurer and climber
  Henri Cordier (1856–1877) France, first ascents Aiguille du Plat de la Selle, Les Droites (east summit) (1876) died in accident on Le Plaret
  Dr Patrick Cordier (1947–1996) France, first ascent French Direct on Norway's Troll Wall (1967), solo ascent The Nose, Yosemite (1973), first ascents in Mont Blanc massif
  Jean Couzy (born 1955) France, first ascent Makalu with Terray
  Lucy Creamer (born 1971) British champion climber
  Peter Croft (born 1958) Canada, many hard first ascents in the Sierra Nevada
  Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) UK, occultist, writer, and rock climber, led early expeditions on K2 and Kanchenjunga
  Michel Croz (1830–1865) France, numerous first ascents, died on descent after first ascent of Matterhorn
  John Cunningham (1927–1980) Scotland, pioneered new techniques of ice climbing
  Bronisław Czech (1908–1944) Poland, a mountain rescue pioneer in the Tatra Mountains
  Anna Czerwińska (born 1949) Poland, oldest female ascent Everest (at the time, age 50), first Polish female Seven Summits
  Andrzej Czok (1948–1986), Poland first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri and first ascent of Mount Everest through South Pillar
caption: Johann Coaz
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